Gay Comics #24

A sunny slice of 1946 humor comics, this issue of Gay Comics captures a delightfully chaotic beach scene: a glamorous blonde in a red two-piece stands coolly on the shore while a flustered lifeguard in his "Life Guard" tank top gestures frantically behind her — all as swimmers in the background cry out "Help! Lifeguard! Save me!" The comedic tension between the lifeguard's urgent duty and his apparent distraction is classic postwar funny-book charm at its lightest. At just ten cents, it's a cheerful snapshot of mid-1940s comic art brought to life by the pen and ink of Morris Weiss.